In coming days, we will provide commentary.  While the Government of Canada has approved the Mackenzie project, deadlines and conditions pose obstacles along the way.  One perceives that the growing power and influence of eco-activists, socialists and government sympathizers are making reasonable Arctic resource development in both countries uneconomic in some cases and more costly for consumers and taxpayers in all cases.   (See NEB release and related documents.)   -dh   ADN/AP.  Alaska and ExxonMobil Could Settle Point Thomson Dispute Globe and Mail by Nathan Vanderklippe.  The Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline has cleared its [...]